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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Too Much Advance Warning of a Tornado? Yes.

There is a National Weather Service program called Warn on Forecast that aims to give people a one-hour tornado warning. Behind the scenes, many (including yours truly) are telling the NWS that this is a bad idea. Others are starting realize that extreme caution is called for when tampering with the already highly successful tornado warning program.